Managing a project

Creating a Project

You can create a new project using any of the following:

• File menu
• Context menu of Navigator View
• New Wizard tool on the tool bar

+ To create a new project

1. Select [File] > [New] > [Project] or select [New] > [Project] from the context menu of the Navigator View or click on icon in the tool bar. The [New] dialog box appears.

1. Select [COBOL] on the left frame and [COBOL Project] on the right frame.
2. Click on [Next] button. The New [Cobol Project] page appears.

1. Enter the project name in the [Project name] text box.
2. Click on [Use default] to create the project in the default path or click on [Browse] option to choose your own directory path. By default [Use default] option is selected.

In Eclipse COBOL platform, the project cannot be saved outside the workspace folder.

1. You may click on [Back] button to go back to the previous dialog box and make changes.
2. Click [Next]. The [COBOL Project] page appears.
   
   

1. Under [Target type], select the type of COBOL application to be created. "Executable file" or "Dynamic link library" can be selected for the COBOL project.
2. Enter Target name for the COBOL application in [Target name].
3. Click [Finish]. The COBOL project is created without source code generation. The project name appears in Navigator View, Dependency View, and Structure View.

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